Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Israel's siren song

The Palestinians have announced that they are going to mark Israel's Independence Day by sounding a siren and asking Palestinians to stand still for a minute -- just as Israelis do on Yom Hazikaron. Ironically, as much as this shows their desire to separate from Israel, adopting this practice also shows just how closely intertwined the two societies are and to what extent the Palestinians take their cue from the Jewish state.

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